20 VS 1

Battle of Nicopolis technically a 20 vs 2 but Serbia was a vassal. One of the last Crusades waged in the Middle Ages. And one of the Ottoman Empire's greatest early victories.
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00:00 Intro
00:21 Battle of Nicopolis
#ottoman #serbia #turkey #history #memes #middleages #medieval

[@MasterofRoflness]

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[@dhestrahanif5270]

Battle of Mohacs?

[@death-istic9586]

Love your videos!🩶

[@Ben-jl2rh]

Weird the Battle of Varna happened on my birthday

[@barsboraguc4338]

Mate, you should definitely make a video on Ataturk, or Atachad (for such a person was a chad of his time considering his military & political successes as well as farsightedness ). Why Ataturk? Because he probably is one of the most influential person in Turkish history (I even saw a photo of it in the video “Persian history be like” sitting with Reza Shah Pahlavi in a car). By the way, memes are perfect tool for introducing history to beginners or people who struggle to understand history. For this I must express my sincere admiration for your work. May you prosper.

[@jcduberry107]

Battle of Lepanto ? Siege of Malta ?

[@javaks]

Bayezid collecting ransoms for his prisoners "Thanks for the money, dummy."

[@AntoineleRenard]

And some of the prisoners died during the return After their family paid the ransom

[@Young_Nationalist]

This is quite normal, considering that there were no planes or trains in the Middle Ages and poor road conditions. ​@@AntoineleRenard

[@korkukokusu8311]

​@@AntoineleRenardthey came to fight , death is possible too

[@TheDualnuts]

French being first one surrender isn’t meme, it’s family tradition.

[@anonim7767]

Lmao

[@sonercetin7568]

rofl@@anonim7767

[@orange8420]

French army is strong wannabes VS hating and make fun of frenches enjoyers

[@foomiumperorosaurus8066]

@@orange8420 HAHAHAHAHA

[@matejkundrik9482]

Napoleon would disagree

[@simpletrailers1161]

fun fact: the reason why beyazid ordered the killing of captives is because crusaders, on their way to nicopolis had taken a few towns and slain the surrendered garrisons.

[@dk2.026]

Crusaders were generally looked at with extreme contempt by all Muslims. Even Saladin didn't tolerate Templars and Hospitallers and would have them executed almost immediately unless they converted to Islam.

[@lws98]

They didn't even have to be military garrisons, the crusaders razed every village they found killing many Balkan Christians who were mostly Orthodox, this behavior disgusted their own allies, they were supposed to liberate them from the Turks not from life,

[@dk2.026]

@@lws98 There was also the Bosnian Crusade which was so brutal and horrifying that it made it easy for the conversion of the Bosniaks to Islam because the Ottoman conquerors treated them much better than what they considered to be their fellow Christian brethren, although they were dualistic heretics.

[@mex_I.M]

​@@dk2.026Well yea given choice of turkish rule or departure from this world its not even that much of a choice. Mass conversions happened around that time.

[@denizmergen418]

​@@dk2.026can you blame them

[@avengerulsasuke5814]

"Wallachians and Transylvanians abandoned the field" I'm glad to know that my ancestors were not dumb.

[@BoliceOccifer]

*Looks at French knights* Yeah, I think it's time to leave

[@Darthwgamer]

Mine were just sail boats go 🌬🌬🌬

[@Henry_TownshendSH4]

He who fights and runs away, may live to impale another day

[@Famousagentman]

​@@Henry_TownshendSH4Mfs could've busted out the vampires at any time, but chose not to.

[@podermon4845]

Knowing you lot they probably went through the camp treasure first

[@rafaelglopezroman1110]

This sums up why the crusades were so inept. They were basically tiny armies led by a local lord, force to work together with other tiny armies lead by rival lords. Add in the fact that they all spoke a 100 different languages and you get nothing more than angry mob.

[@rafaelglopezroman1110]

The moment things whent south it was every lord for himself, and the armies would just scatter.

[@merisius]

Its just French tbh

[@DarthFhenix55]

Tbf at least the king of hungary (And thus Bohemia and Poland) knew what he was doing. In fact it was his death that precipitated the end of Byzantium since the crussade of Varma was the last chance to save the greeks.

[@michaelweston409]

True but the Muslims were never able to create a similar crusader force in the name of Islam that could push into the heart of Western Europe. They did do well at uniting the Muslims but even they had civil wars & fefnas

[@Jones25ful]

You take a look at how inept Austria-Hungary was in WW1, it’s like that times 10. With less logistics and …… actually probably the same quality roads.

[@nolancer5974]

Fun fact: Stefan Lazarevic actually did not even have to intervene in the Battle despite being an Ottoman vassal, but he came to the aid of the Turks anyway because he hated the thought of Hungarians ruling over Serbia more than the Turks. And his involvment was pretty crucial for the Turkish victory.

[@sbd03]

Yeah the only Serbs I respect. During Ankara battle, all of Ottoman soldiers were abandoned Bayezid but Serbian knights didn't.

[@Setupthemabomb]

The idea of a Balkan ethnic hated being ruled by other Balkan but welcomed outsider ruler is the most Balkan thing I've ever read.

[@Otto1Bismarck]

As a Turk, naturally I do not like Serbs in general, but the Serbs who did not abandon Bayezid in the Ankara battle in 1402 and the Serbs who fought with us in Nicopolis have my respect and love.

[@deathdefyingowl]

not all of them. Janissaries and troops from Beylik of Dulkadir stayed to the last.@@sbd03

[@boranates1320]

@@sbd03 Genede Timur sikti

[@Zetact_]

The Ottomans like, "I'd have thought Crusaders would have read their Bibles and realized that having dozens of groups all speaking different languages is a hindrance."

[@MarkhasSteelfort]

Based Tower of babel reference.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Except Ottomans made out of people who all speaking different languages and only reason this war was fought by mosly Turkish people in Ottomans is that the Ottomans quickly made an army mostly from the nearby Turkish settlements of Rumili

[@Cub__]

Oi oi oi

[@thejackedbaker9823]

Bold of you to assume Crusaders were literates

[@williamdavis9562]

@Zetact_ I'm not sure they'd say that because their army had just has many groups speaking different languages. That was the norm back then. Great comment either way.

[@gettinbaldWin]

> Gather up with fellow 20 kingdoms > Build a superior army > Fight a single common enemy > Lose still > Pull up excuses

[@aliaslanercom]

Europeans when losing to a non european:

[@alanxu3936]

​@@aliaslanercomNATO vs Russia right now.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Russia has basically been stalled into a war of attrition and if political bullshit wasn’t coming in to throw off aid for Ukraine the war would probably be going differently

[@rezaulkarimkhan979]

"Eh guys we actually had different ethnicities, eh guys we actually had the french, shut up mozlem turks did night raid, eh actually eh"

[@captainprice1409]

Ottomans had slightly greater numbers

[@AwayWithYouVileBeggar]

When you convinced 20 nations to fight the Ottomans but 1 of these nations is France. The Ottomans: The outcome was never really in doubt.

[@extrusdnterre1485]

The game was ringed from the start

[@lahire4943]

At the battle of Saint Gotthard in 1664, when seeing one unit of bearded and long-haired men who were destroying the Turkish lines, the grand Vizier Fazil Pasha asked "Who are these long haired young men?". "The French", his staff replied.

[@Crisyx91]

You do realize the reason they surrendered is because of poor communication and no one in the coalition to back them up

[@squeaky206]

​@@Crisyx91Which only happened because the French and Burgundians charged recklessly instead of sticking to Sigismund's plan.

[@ennui9745]

Which may or may not be related to the fact that France later became the friendliest of all the European great powers (not sure if I'd call it an alliance but it definitely was close to an alliance at least) with the Ottomans.

[@raskolnikov7049]

For anyone wondering, yes, this is the same Sigismund that burns Skalitz. This battle is also mentioned in the game a few times.

[@0Moh]

We need kingdom come 2

[@zahfa7608]

Henry's come to see us!

[@elkingoh4543]

You mean, Sigismund of Luxembourg

[@sousukesagara193]

I feel quite hungry

[@atakanpayman]

@@elkingoh4543 Same guy.

[@roddiaz9801]

Fun fact: City of Nicopolis would have surrendered only if the crusader hadnt masscared the previous town when they agreed the terms for safety with Sigsmund Edit: To clear it a little bit more, it was the remnants of the french part of the army that broke the agreement and massacred the population much to the horror and frustration of Sigsmund and other army commanders Also, these crusades were fought against Ottoman empire and are totally different from the one which were fought in Holy land(1095-1291)

[@ireallycant4416]

Isn’t this just form the movie war of the heavens? Not historical accurate

[@Taospark]

@@ireallycant4416 Massacring the hell out of Jerusalem when they got there did happen and sure didn't help anyone who faced them want to give up easily.

[@rhetoric5173]

Not historically accurate? It’s extremely well documented by those that were actually there@@ireallycant4416

[@ireallycant4416]

@@Taospark buddy you mean killing the enemies? I hate that most people just accept that crusade did most atrocities when in fact it’s reverse…

[@Skaedm]

the crusaders were as barbaric as their german ancestoers@@ireallycant4416

[@nenenindonu]

Defeating a large Crusade with Serbians and former Christian boys known as Janissaries is just a next level Bayezid the Thunderbolt move

[@revanofkorriban1505]

Janissaries were basically First Order stormtroopers, but very skilled. But it shouldn't be forgotten that they were taken from their families.

[@ozan7427]

@@revanofkorriban1505 their families gave them(Of course its still blood tax for some of them) and literally bribed officals so they would be taken. Even Turks themsevles tried to bribe officials so they would get taken to the army because entering janissary training means more than being soldier u could become pasha etc. could get strong positions in state.

[@Marcusianery]

@@ozan7427 Yeah lets glorify the horde of Turks that ruined south eastern Europe.

[@DarthFhenix55]

@@ozan7427 I mean, tbf that sounds like slavery with more steps.

[@dk2.026]

@@DarthFhenix55 It definitely is true that a lot of boys were taken from families against their will, but a lot were willingly given away since being a Janissary meant a really good life. They were also only recruited from poor families and often orphans as they'd be more willing.

[@nenenindonu]

After this victory the caliph in Cairo would address Bayezid as "Sultan-ı Iklim-i Rum" (Sultan of the Roman Lands), he had previously earned the title Thunderbolt after the Battle of Frenkyazisi in other words Bayezid was earning titles every battle

[@rord8299]

The problem is that the title of Sultan of Rûm attracted the attention of a little angry gentleman, who had a club foot and a very big army...

[@nenenindonu]

@@rord8299 Can't imagine the title Bayezid might've earned had he won in Ankara ...

[@mukhtarsyajaratun1025]

​​@@nenenindonu idk like "The Khan Slayer"?

[@Brutian96]

He was earning titles until he met Tamerlane...

[@kusturucu1015]

​@@mukhtarsyajaratun1025Except he was also a khan himself

[@crownedorion5481]

This is probably the most unforgivable L the French has contributed. This is not a meme anymore, this is a histroical L.

[@lahire4943]

Funnily, if the French had abandoned their allies in the heat of battle as the Wallachians did, you would say the same on the French.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@lahire4943 Bruhh the French were about to lure the other Crusaders into a trap like the Romans at the Battle of Cannae, or the French at the Battle of Agincourt. This is not a meme anymore, this is a historical L.

[@lahire4943]

@@MK_ULTRA420 Complete BS. The Wallachians didn't even try. Their arrival could have turned the tide.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@lahire4943 Bruhh the French knights went up a hill to charge a feigned retreat when they knew the enemy had their own cavalry on standby. Maybe their combined forces could have broken the enemy line in half but that's assuming the Ottomans were dumber than they really were.

[@dingusdean1905]

⁠@@MK_ULTRA420It’s even worse when you remember Sigismund, who had experience with the enemy’s tactics, proposed a much better plan but the French knights wanted “le glory” so leeroy jenkins’d themselves instead of listening to the guy anyone with half a brain would’ve chosen to follow.

[@josiptito9412]

the french's biggest nemesis isn't the english, but rather archery as a whole

[@someone-ip4rf]

Not really archery but mostly their small brains

[@lahire4943]

​@@someone-ip4rf The French literally won nearly every conflict they fought during the Middle-Ages. You shouln't talk about small brain when you're directly affected by this problem.

[@someone-ip4rf]

@lahire4943 I ain't saying they weren't a power house of the medieval age but most of their biggest losses comes from charging their most valuable units the knights directly straight to the whole enemy army

[@lahire4943]

@@someone-ip4rf You don't win nearly all the conflicts you fought as well as dozens of great battles with small brains.

[@RRRRRRRRRRR956]

​@@lahire4943so they left their brain at home sometimes?

[@nebeskisrb7765]

You know that trope in media of a noble character who does suicidally dumb things because "muh honor" or because he's too noble to listen to commoner's advice? That was literally French nobility during late medieval period.

[@Famousagentman]

Ah yes, the Worf Effect. Have a guy that you say is a tough, honorbound warrior who has trained his whole life, only to get beaten up repeatedly to show how tough the other guys are.

[@hawawah8671]

If the Hungarians had any initiative and weren't completely passive they would have won. "The enemy's center is giving way should we support our forces?" "No lets just see how this turns out." *Unsupported French are encircled and destroyed* "I can't believe the French lost us the battle."

[@nebeskisrb7765]

@@hawawah8671You see, if this battle was unique, I may have given the French the benefit of the doubt. But this was right in the middle of the Hundred Years War, and French knights fought literally every battle in the 14th century by Leeroying into the enemy without any deeper tactical planning. For fuck's sake, there may have not been "Hundred Years War" if French nobles actually listened to the advice of experience Genoese sailors for the battle of Sluys, instead of ignoring them because they were commoners.

[@TheMusan970]

​@@nebeskisrb7765човијече добар си имаш доста знанја поздрав из Босне❤

[@hawawah8671]

@@nebeskisrb7765 The French won that war. The examples of the failures of knights are over exaggerated, there's a reason the French were the dominant military power in Europe until the Hapsburgs united Aragon, Castile, Austria, Burgundy, the Netherlands, Milan, Sardinia, Sicily, and Naples. For a specific example of French aggression being the key to victory see Patay where the French smashed an English ambush and instead of waiting for their army to catch up continued advancing into the main, unprepared English army. Ultimately regardless of specific method of warfare the key doctrines of warfare always hold true, take the initiative, and support your most successful forces. Imagine if in 1940 the German army didn't support Rommel who was advancing too fast in France, he got encircled and destroyed but instead of blaming the passive Germans who refused to support Rommel historians blamed Rommel. Besides if Hungary was so capable of resisting the Ottomans they would have resisted the Ottomans, the fact that they called for multiple failed crusades (both Varna and Nicopolis were led by Hungary, almost like there's a common factor) and even elected Hapsburgs and Jagiellons as their monarchs while still being conquered illustrates that the Hungarians were wholly incapable of resisting Ottoman expansion. If the crusaders hadn't attacked at Nicopolis they would have been defeated more systematically. The Ottomans were capable of raising far larger armies than they did at Nicopolis and without decisive aggressive action by the crusaders Bayezid would have had ample time to raise more and more forces to break the siege of what was a relatively minor city.

[@orion5869]

"[French] knights came uner heavy fire from archers" Not again...

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Let's hope they learned their lesson and won't make the same mistake in 15th century

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

English people miles away: Suddenly I feel really happy about this day...

[@lahire4943]

​@@konstantinriumin2657 By the time the battle of Nicopolis happened, the English had been completely expelled from France. The English invaded again in 1415. They lost every battle they fought against the French between 1429 and 1453.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

@@lahire4943But Henry V was undefeated, married the French king’s daughter and became the heir to the throne as stated in the Treaty of Troyes. So it was lucky for Charles VII that Henry V died when he did.

[@rarescevei8268]

The arrow fire did almost nothing to the French in this battle as their armour had advanced in quality.

[@mattiaslime8926]

And yet another instance of ''everything was going fine until the french.....''

[@Crisyx91]

More like everything was going fine until Hungarians and others decided to stay passive and not provide any help to the french whatsoever

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

French decide to Rush B after buy AWP

[@coffeecupwater]

@@Crisyx91 *Let's charge like fucking retards instead of waiting for support of our own archers in case they try to surround us beyond the hill*

[@syndicalistcat3138]

​@@Crisyx91No its the opposite, they were the ones who not followed the plans, others did.

[@danael0089]

​@@syndicalistcat3138not its the opposite

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Bayezid: slaughters Europeans like cattle, wins battle after battle so quickly he gains nickname Thunderbolt Timur: there's always a bigger fish

[@HowToKillAliens]

lol wtf@@Andrew-od6ve

[@Darthwgamer]

@@Andrew-od6ve Shortly after this Timur's empire: 💀👻💥

[@Yanate1991]

there's always a bigger turk

[@DarthFhenix55]

@@Darthwgamer Shortly after? You mean a century later lmao.

[@Darthwgamer]

@@DarthFhenix55 Bro was breaking when Timur died.

[@sasi5841]

*If i had Nickel for every time the french caused a crusade against the ottomans to fail because they wanted hog the glory by disregarding tactics/strategy, i would have atleast 2. Which isnt a lot but its weird it happened twice (battle of nicopolis and siege of candia)*

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Don’t forget the 4th crusade. Where King Louis decided that while Richard went to the holy land, he’d head back to France and claim English territory on the northern coast. Leaving Fredrick of Barbarossa to drown and Richard to fail the crusade.

[@flipflierefluiter5665]

They did so too at either the battle of Agincourt or Crecy(or even both maybe).

[@Test-mq8ih]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116certified French classic

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 this one is the 3rd crusade. 4th crusade is the one where french and italian armies occupied constantinople in the name of the venetians and the emperor they backed, alexios iv of the infamous angelos dynasty. When alexios iv died, the sack of constantinople went underway which resulted in the destruction and deaths of much of the city, as well as many artifacts stolen and brought to various parts of europe, and the frankokratia introduced.

[@fehervari98]

Let's not forget that French fuckery also unnecessarily extended the Great Turkish War by about a decade.

[@Turgineer]

Ottomans: "I like those odds." *2:02 I laughed so much that I can't help but mention; This clip and the text match perfectly.

[@renaldiroekanto789]

you cant just beat mehmed in battle with 6 5 6 in power.

[@hungryoldman]

With faith we will always win but when we get arrogant and forgot god we lost

[@GayvonFartin]

They didnt like it at Lepanto :)

[@RedMentalHM66]

Actually Bayezid said bring more nation and man so my victory would be more glorious

[@ahmetozkan438]

@@GayvonFartin someone is salty about losing cyprus during that war eh?

[@jvi6371]

Byzantines watching from heaven knowing they weren't partaking in such a massive bag fumbling

[@hegantank6495]

byzantines were still around then lol

[@_SOL_INVICTVS__________0]

*Watching from Constantinople.

[@nenenindonu]

But they did take part, and after that endured the Battles of Varna and Second Kosovo, truely prolonged PTSD

[@Yanate1991]

bro thinks ottomans just burst out of the byzantines like a destructive baby

[@user-bi7xd8ry5p]

​@hegantank6495 They weren't running things anymore though...

[@hypersp3ce596]

Beyazid the thunderbolt is such a badass nickname

[@lovento9878]

Is it ridiculous because it lives up to its nickname better than the Europeans? lol

[@someone-ip4rf]

French knights try not to charge the whole enemy army like dumbasses challenge (level impossible):

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Preparing for the Agincourt L a century in advance

[@AltaicGigachad]

Être fort comme un Turc ('to be strong like a turk'): This expression originates in the 15th century when the Turks had a reputation for being strong, almost unbeatable warriors due to their numerous victories. At the time, the Ottoman Empire ruled large parts of south-east Europe, north Africa and western Asia. It is said that François I, King of France, was gifted Turkish armour by Suleiman the Magnificent (the tenth and most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire) during their alliance. When he wore it, he is said to have exclaimed: "Here I am now, strong as a Turk!"

[@kara3396]

Top Kek

[@bvillafuerte765]

For his betrayal he was punished by Charles I of Spain and V of Germany.

[@Ages_of_domination]

15th century huh

[@Ages_of_domination]

​@@kara3396actually due to Serbs in janisarries it's far from a joke

[@youravaragetoxicmasculinem9508]

​@@Ages_of_dominationJannisaries only made 1/8th of the Ottoman Army.

[@pogo8050]

Did they actually think they could win against a guy who is literally named Based? Come on now dawg… COME ON MAAAYNE

[@debasishgoswami9896]

Yes, if they had a leader like Alexander,Ceasar or Bajirao then they would have neged him on ease.

[@debasishgoswami9896]

Also Gigachad Timur laughing at Baezid in his prison.😂😂

[@SultanSuleiman980]

​@@debasishgoswami9896Timur is turk to 😂 nothing about gayropa

[@eisaahmed5323]

don't bring gay bajirao here. you guys couldn't even hold india and here you are talking on bigger wars in europe. I hope you also remember Ahmed Shah Abdali@@debasishgoswami9896

[@ramcollramcoll6607]

@@debasishgoswami9896 And the commander of the Ottoman Empire is Attila.😎

[@brandonlyon730]

Ironically years later after this battle France goes on to Ally with the Ottoman Empire.

[@adivtayudhatama3926]

Yes. Against the Holy Roman Empire. Eventhough both France and HRE were catholic kingdoms 👀

[@RajaIsThatGuy]

​@@adivtayudhatama3926because habsburg jaws

[@crimsoncomet3756]

I see. No wonder why Ottoman lost to British Empire. They've got caught with the "French L" curse

[@kazumakiryuu2668]

@@crimsoncomet3756can france ally with israel please

[@volkanyldrm3824]

@@crimsoncomet3756well not exactly we just didnt had enaugh resorces the arab revolt really didnt help either .. still held the brıtısh though the only part we really lost was egypt and some parts of the middle so we werent really going around trying to collect glory but rather - WHERE THE FUCK İS OUR AMMO SUPPLY

[@sbd03]

Crusaders: WE WILL KICK THE MUSLIMS OUT! Bayezid the Thunderbolt: Please bring more troops to fight so that my victory will be great.

[@thedonkey6704]

Y’all literally got saved by the Serbs in this battle lmao. Had Stefan not intervened your bayezid would’ve been called the dead instead of the thunderbolt

[@BlazingFlame69]

@@thedonkey6704 Coping wont change the fact the crusaders got fucked. Also blame the French for having such a big ego

[@erent.5101]

@@thedonkey6704 Ottomans still had the numerical and positional advantage Bayezid called serbs so he can win much earlier with lesser casulties because they were able to help quickly and do a suprise attack also Bayezid's death wasn't possible as his quarters were far away from the battlefield

[@yavuzkhan7369]

​@@thedonkey670420 vs 1 and still lost and your saying serbs saved you bla bla bla get lost dude lol. You earn the name donkey i can give you that.

[@KHARROUBI.]

@@thedonkey6704 cope harder

[@DarthFhenix55]

0:40 Most intelligent french kinght:

[@yomuyugi]

French leader pulling the most ancient french tradition of prostrating yourself in order to surrender

[@lahire4943]

French knights are literally the people with the biggest balls of the entire medieval era.

[@Crisyx91]

You definitely don’t know what you are talking about

[@edyslavico3761]

They have big balls, but they are not very smart because they get themselves killed a lot of the time

[@lahire4943]

@@edyslavico3761 The French won nearly all the medieval conflicts they fought in

[@squeaky206]

@@lahire4943 They had such big balls that the godendag had to cut them off.

[@fletaun]

The Germans being team player coming in clutch preventing whole army from encirclement

[@BavarianHobbit]

Someone has to do it. A common theme. Like in the siege of Candia when the only defenders that didn't abandon the venetians were the germans. Btw siege of Candia was also ruined by french hubris.

[@Johnsmith99663]

Reading the Wikipedia page about this is hilarious, since the defeat is unilaterally the fault of the French. Basically, the Hungarians, having tons of experience fighting the Ottomans, come up with the perfect plan to defeat them, which the rest of the Christian alliance accepts. Then the French come in, and the younger knights refuse to adhere to the plan since they wouldn’t have the glory of being the first ones to attack the enemy. The French decide to ‘Leeroy Jenkins’ the whole thing, charge and break the Ottoman’s weaker front lines, pursue the fleeing Turks by charging up a plateau, only to meet the Turks’ well-rested, A-team cavalry. The exhausted French then get annihilated; some of the Christians rush in to save them, but the majority of the Christian army panics, flees the battlefield, and ends up drowning in the Danube. It’s like a school project where everyone on the team pours their hearts and souls into doing a good job, only the watch the egotistical kid who did zero work take charge of the presentation at the last moment, do a horrible job, and then land everyone with an F.

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

feint retreats appear to be the doom of many european armies

[@Johnsmith99663]

@@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107 Tbf it was an actual retreat for the Ottoman front lines, as in the French had broken their line and the Ottoman conscripts and infantry were fleeing for their lives. However, as the Hungarians had pointed out, the Turks deliberately fight with a relatively weaker front line in order to exhaust the enemy, at which point the strong Ottoman cavalry comes in to rescue the front lines and crush the enemy. This is why they were waiting behind the plateau, not so much to ambush the French as they were riding up to the plateau, but to ride down and envelop the enemy that was still tied down still fighting the Ottoman’s infantry. Meeting the exhausted French while they were charging up the hill wasn’t the plan, but it was still a welcome surprise. It was good for the Ottoman cavalry, it was good for the Ottoman’s overall victory…it was not good for the Ottoman’s frontline conscripts and better-trained infantry, both which got sacrificed like pawns. In a sense the Ottoman’s used a weak front to kinda act like pawns, but not in the sense they were deliberately trying to get it massacred and put on the retreat by the enemy’s heavy cavalry. In that sense, the French performed better than expected, even against the better-trained Ottoman Janissaries. But they were warned not to do something like that by the Hungarians, and sure enough it turned out the Ottomans were hiding the second half of their forces behind that hill, which then moved forward and easily destroyed them. Plus, since the French charged so far ahead of the rest of the Christian forces, no one was there to guard the flanks and protect them. The rest of the Christian forces were so spooked by the one-sided slaughter of their best knights that the Turkish cavalry was then able to easily drive the rest of them into the Danube, even though they probably could’ve held out longer had they not been so demoralized. Essentially, not only had the French fumbled the whole thing, they managed to make the Turkish cavalry look invincible as well.

[@rarescevei8268]

​@@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107It actually was a retreat. It wasnt a feint. The Ottomans did not expect that the French would charge on their own.

[@thanosofthecommunistdruzhi9107]

@@rarescevei8268 mayhaps so, but in a sense it did act like a feint retreat. Even after the French knights routed the infantry (which despite some troubles with anti-cavalry stakes, was expected), they continued pursuing the enemy instead of allowing the rest of the Crusader forces to catch up. Like John Smith mentioned, the Sultan Bayezid was in fact hiding the rest of his forces (reserves) and took advantage of the French's isolation (many knights were unhorsed at this point because of the anti-cavalry) by descending upon them and taking many of these nobles prisoner. John Smith's reasoning also states that it was mainly a retreat on the part of the infantry, so I'm assuming that it acted more as a feint retreat on a much larger scale. A similar thing occurred during the Battle of Kalka, which saw the Mongols utilize what is considered a feint retreat against the supposedly much larger Russian army. When the Russians advanced, the Mongols were forced to retreat because the reinforcements they were supposed to receive were not coming. They retreated in the only direction they could (away from the advancing Russian forces), leaving behind ~1,000 troops to cover for it, who were subsequently "killed to the last man" according to my source (Wikipedia). The various Lords or Princes of Russia can be compared to the French Knights in that they continued to pursue the retreating Mongol army and their 9-day retreat. The Mongols simply took advantage of the disorganized Russian armies, causing the rest to flee. This event is widely considered to be one of the most successful feint retreats and is not too dissimilar to Nicopolis.

[@gilangputra7514]

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[@valmid5069]

Middle Ages friendships be like: >Ottoman Empire's Muslim Sultan >Serbian Christian Prince >Tense Relationship >Flawless Victory

[@ramcollramcoll6607]

orthodox serbian helping sunni turks againts catholics

[@soul8938]

Lmao now serbs consider themselves as „defenders of europe“ lmao 💀💀

[@rarescevei8268]

​@@ramcollramcoll6607The catholics massacred orthodox christians against Sigusmund's orders, so makes sense

[@mita8784]

@@soul8938 I mean we fought Turks the most but of course we'll be fierce against the Hungarians who occupied or lands after the battle of Kosovo and the others who wouldn't care to help till the Turks were at their doorstep. Funnily enough, our prince saved the sultan who almost got killed in the battle, and the Serbian prince wasn't even invited ( forced ) there but came just because he didn't want the Hungarians to win.

[@AquaTomMovies]

​@@soul8938you should be stunned into silence by the fact that the Muslim ottoman empire was more tolerant to Christians than the Roman Catholic Hungarians were, the same Hungarians who also left Serbia to its fate in the battle of Kosovo and worse still attacked it right after, food for thought.

[@furkantugraakbas2962]

after "thunderbolt" beyazıd heard that 15 countries are attacking them, he said "keep them coming ,the more they are, the greater my victory is"

[@Chayy]

Thanks to Frenchs for being our ally for these long centuries!🙏🏻❤🇹🇷 🇫🇷

[@youwilldie14yearsagoedited2]

dont use that🙏. it is christian prayer

[@OneWayToPeaceOrthodoxy]

​@@youwilldie14yearsagoedited2Thats why you should use it because Christian prayer goes to god, muslim prayer goes to the devil.

[@youwilldie14yearsagoedited2]

@@OneWayToPeaceOrthodoxy One of our prophets Jesus (r.a.) prayed in 🤲this way. Go and read the Quran or Bible. You will see that

[@tqulla]

​@@OneWayToPeaceOrthodoxyLOOOOL

[@Muriturca]

What about jewish ones?

[@Tragoas]

20 vs 1 just imagine sheer balls of ottoman empire

[@RouGeZH]

The armies had an equal size. The Turks had the enormous advantage of having a single command.

[@thefaramith8876]

@@RouGeZH That sounds like a huge skill issue for Europeans. Not my problem. It was 20v1 and they still lost.

[@RouGeZH]

@@thefaramith8876 It was 1 to 1. You need to invent fake historical feats to feel better because today your muslim countries are sh!t and your people a beggars hoping to live in Europe.

[@ireallycant4416]

@@thefaramith8876isn’t the numbers fabricated in wiki?

[@Tragoas]

@@RouGeZH brother it was a 1vs 20 countries and crusaders fail of command not our problem

[@king_fisherXX]

I honestly feel more sorry for Hungary, since they were the only intelligent ones to come up with a plan and got Insta-ignored. Then they had to take the consequences 💀

[@atakanpayman]

Beyazid the First has the cognomen "Thunderbolt" which he gained from his agility to maneuver the army in the Battle of Nicopolis/Niğbolu.

[@debasishgoswami9896]

Proceed to loose against a guy who can't even properly walk😂😂

[@kunduraci30]

​@@debasishgoswami9896rabbit loses to tortoise

[@debasishgoswami9896]

@@kunduraci30 Tortoise wins, flawless victory,🗿🍸

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

That guy "who cant even walk" is one of the greatest military commanders in the whole human history and never lost a battle. He is also a Turk called Timur/Demir ( Iron in Turkish).@@debasishgoswami9896

[@Themanhimself753]

@@debasishgoswami9896 Bro no wonder he lost that battle he was against a Turco mongol superpower

[@Kabutoes]

This is kinda how the Afghanistan War turned out with 30+ nato nations vs Taliban

[@h3w45]

Chadliban

[@famitsus987]

Taliban are cowards

[@theresecoco1887]

Not even close. Taliban didnt fight a conventional war. They were guerilla fighters, hence why they were so hard to stamp out completely

[@md.rejwanullahraiyan4475]

Playing ottoman in eu4 while watching this now..😂

[@Weeboslav]

Stefan Lazarevic is funny character,his father,Lazar,died during the Battle of Kosovo against Ottomans. Stefan him self was loyal ally(vassal)of Ottomans and his heir,Đurađ(Georg),son of Vuk Branković was both ally(vassal) and enemy of Ottoman empire. Vuk Brankovic was married to Stefan's sister,but today he's mostly know as traitor who abandoned Lazar during the Battle of Kosovo(although,this moniker is wrong).

[@soul8938]

Serbs truly were the ottomans most loyal and useful lapdog 😂💀

[@Weeboslav]

@@soul8938 Not right but not wrong either. In Serbia there's a saying that if Turkish hands are covered in blood,vassal Serb's arm up to the elbow needs to be covered in blood. Ofc there's also many Serbian uprisings and rebellions against Ottomans

[@youngmanlogan5812]

Funny thing is Bayezid's father was also murdered in that same battle by a Serbian assassin out of the fight, but somehow Stefan and Bayezid made peace. Also, Bayezid married Stefan's sister, so they became brother-in-laws.

[@Ages_of_domination]

​@@soul8938you just came here to comment this, batou xan. I suggest u get some balls, u and all your "people"

[@Ages_of_domination]

​@@soul8938u kno? Maybe use some vowels.. With some consonants.. Followed by vowels... Not inverted. Vermin 😊

[@arghayeaye4591]

Fun fact: Beyazid I has a nickname 'Yıldırım' (Lightning in English) given to him because of his rapid manuvers in battles.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

If Bayazid is lighting because of his movements, then what is Timur who outmanoeuvred Bayazid?

[@arghayeaye4591]

@archivesoffantasy5560 Good question, I would call him a Lightning Rod or something. At that time, that would get me beheaded for sure, lol.

[@simpletrailers1161]

1:11 This is the peak meme, I don't think anything will surpass this

[@Wanderer628]

Between this and the hundred year war the French Knights of that wra were literally the worst lmao.

[@Costin_Gaming]

Until a teenage girl got them to listen to sense they mowed down the English at Patay... But that says volumes about them too. Seriously it takes a teenage virgin to lead your armies so you are competent?

[@jean-raouldu2918]

No lmao

[@someone-ip4rf]

The French had the best knights but when you look at the battles they lost it all comes down to them being complete idiots

[@brandonlyon730]

But France technically won the Hundred Years’ War.

[@lahire4943]

Which is why they won both parts of the Hundred Years' War by beating the English in every battle between 1360 and 1389 and between 1429 and 1453 you absolute braindead?

[@AltaicGigachad]

Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, shaping the history of Balkans, Islamization of Northern India, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Constantinople, fall of the Roman Empire

[@user-kf1pm7kt3g]

You mean TURKIC empires not only TURKS. Yes these words are not the same meanings

[@basedtvrk9125]

@@user-kf1pm7kt3g Turk usually means Turkic, however Turkish does not mean Turkic. Turk is used interchangeably with Turkish and Turkic.

[@user-kf1pm7kt3g]

@@basedtvrk9125 i want to say, turkic means entire ethnicity that encludes everyone: tatars, uyghurs, kazakhs, uzbeks, kyrgyz, turks, turkmans, bashkirs, nogays, and etc. Turk is the one of this ethnicity group

[@Grungeuncle]

@@user-kf1pm7kt3g Go and ask that to Turks, see if they have such division among themselves or they just know its a eurocentric semantics. Turk is a Turk, both -ic and -ish are German suffixes that dont have any place in our lang, culture, daily life.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Ugh turks and there giant Ego

[@RouGeZH]

Fun fact: Sir Jean de Carrouges, played by Matt Damon in Ridley Scott's movie The last duel, was killed at Nicopolis, aged 66.

[@superfrycook6360]

Coalition Crusaders: We will take you down, Turks! Bayezid: Good, I like the odds.

[@gabespiro8902]

Serbia: I don’t care if the Turks win, I just feel like ruining Hungary’s day

[@BailensdeLykenos]

Transylvanians and Wallachians as General Grevious podding made my sides go into orbit

[@125discipline2]

thunderbolt is such a striking title

[@kerimaras3229]

Please do the II. Varna Battle too, the background leading to battle is much funnier to me

[@AltaicGigachad]

Writing in the ninth century, the Arab historian al-Jahiz captured the awe with which outsiders viewed these fighters: If a thousand of their [Turks’] horse join battle and let off a single shower of arrows, they can mow down a thousand [Arabs’] horse. No army can withstand this kind of assault. The Kharajites and the Bedouin have no skill worth mentioning in shooting from horseback, but the Turk can shoot at beasts, birds, hoops, men, sitting quarry, dummies and birds on the wing, and do so at full gallop to fore or to rear, to left or to right, upwards or downwards, loosing ten arrows before the Kharajite can nock one ... and if they do turn their back,they are to be feared as much as deadly poison and sudden death; for their arrows hit the mark as much when they are retreating as when they are advancing.18 RICHARD M. EATON. India in the Persianate Age, 1000-1765 by Richard Eaton .

[@rramos117]

If he wrote in the 9th century, then he probably isn’t referring to Seljuk or Ottomans Turks, who migrated to the region later. Probably another Turkic steppe tribe.

[@Raxtelwa]

​@@rramos117He is referring to Turkic mercenaries.

[@4CelciusDegree]

​@@Raxtelwaclearly they have nothing to do with us Ottoman Turks, our ancestors changed so much in a couple generations that we really cannot own up that reputation. It's more of a central Asian thing

[@Raxtelwa]

@@4CelciusDegree yeah thats not bc horse archery is bad or ottomans cant do itgunpowder and its weapons was new meta and ottoman turks adopted it.

[@puntmannoor3403]

Yeah, those Turkick horse archers were really the most dreaful thing back in the day, their mobility and accuracy was just horrible, whetver you charge or retreat it is irrelevant because they will still hit you with accuracy. Worst thing is because they are nomads, you cannot really chase them down, they are constantly on the move across a vast region. They appear like ghost and disappear like ghost when the battle is over. It was arguably the most difficult and frustrating opponent all the nations surrounding the steppes had to face.

[@TEUTONIC__ORDER699]

Bayezid: wins against 20 Bayezid: loses against 1

[@sultanmomenofzenata177]

not one but rather 40

[@russB0B]

AW HELLLLLL NAWHHH DAWG, THAT WAS CRAZY HOMIE. Keep it up.

[@death-istic9586]

Love your videos!🩶

[@pechorin5842]

Once again, Romanians and Hungarians are trolling each other. Wholesome.

[@bblunder]

Bayezid I's title was "Thunderbolt" because of the quick maneuvers and decisions he took against the enemies surrounding the empire from both the east and west.

[@daarussalaam.]

Epic story and editing style!

[@whiskys3814]

I'm reading the wiki article, the history it's fascinating. That's why M.roflness bring us this histories. Chek this out; Nevers summoned a hasty council of advisors, in which Coucy and Jean de Vienne, admiral of France and the eldest French knight on the crusade, advised obeying the wishes of the Hungarian king, which seemed wise to them. At this, D'Eu declared that Sigismund simply wished to hoard the battle honors for himself and declared his willingness to lead the charge. Coucy, who declared D'Eu's words to be a "presumption", asked for the counsel of Vienne, who noted," When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must rule presumption."

[@BladeMoonFlare]

You does not seem to understand, I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in Nicopolis with me Ottoman Empire, circa 1400s, probably.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Most successful crusade

[@CanberkSezer]

Bizi gururlandıran atalarımızdan Allah razı olsun.

[@huseyinsadkbolat6002]

Amen

[@IonDragon]

Amin

[@anonim7767]

Amin

[@famitsus987]

Your ancestors are Greek

[@anonim7767]

@@famitsus987 least racist serbian,

[@crytill]

Crusades feel like a party gone mighty wrong

[@sgr7155]

So this how the young gen is going to learn history - from meme videos

[@Denizklcl]

Bayezid I also known as Yıldırım(Thunderbolt) Bayezid. His nickname was given to him after this war because he arrived to the battlefield way faster than expected and crushed his enemies before him.

[@user-zi7kp8un3s]

great video can you do one on battle of saragarhi I saw a youtube video on it and read the wiki, crazy shit.

[@greenseagull9611]

Early ottomans were a different beast

[@milos582]

Funfact: the Ottoman Empire started in the same location were Serbs have been expelled to Asia Minor by the Byzantines hundered years before. It’s called Gordoserbon in todays Turkey.

[@alpddar2518]

Lmao, Serbs stealing Ottoman Empire now 😂😂. Couple of Sultan wives and some janniseries were not enough?!

[@milos582]

@@alpddar2518 no stealing wtf get help

[@bigman6871]

The french ruining everything is the most french thing ever

[@space00010]

You could also do Goguryeo-Sui War and Battle of Salsu

[@fakihfakirullah9462]

He already made that video you can search it

[@Borys_Sobczak]

Turks had previously introduced me to this war with their editing skills on social media. Now I learned it completely with your video.

[@MrLolguy93]

Fun fact : Bayezid was married to Stefan Lazarevic's sister

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

She was captured in the battle and later released, through an agreement that was signed between Stefan and Timur. It seems that a ransom wasn't paid, thanks to the great respect that Timur had for Olivera's brother Stefan, and she returned to Serbia.

[@volkanozturkmen6245]

🇹🇷🌚

[@volkanozturkmen6245]

​​@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658Amir Timur is Uzbek Turk

[@osmanozdemir2134]

​@@volkanozturkmen6245genetically mongolian, culturally uzbek

[@varalderfreyr8438]

@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Not this battle.

[@muhammadahmadidrees3916]

I really like the Shock Serbian Cavalry. Always haul a lot of respect as well as strategic value.

[@mehmetyigit5157]

Girls:im soo alooonee Boys:

[@omerfaruk8282]

True Ottoman moment right there.

[@mehmetgurdal]

Fun fact this is the only battle that the Ottoman Army has executed the prisoners. because Bayezid the Lightningbolt was raged to the news that crusaders were slaughtering the muslim and orthodox christians on their way.

[@CatotheE]

Fair play. I tried to think of a counter, but I don’t have much. All I’ve really got is that the Ottoman Empire was a much larger country than most of those and the Venetian victory at Mytilene.

[@johnsabin1235]

France with the Leroy Jenkins move

[@bogdan3444]

Sigismund of Luxembourg and Mircea the Elder were the only capable leaders in that context. Personally, I think Mircea and the Transylvanians should've stayed and helped Sigismund, who thought he could still save the French and possibly win the battle. But wtf do I know?! The man did save his army to fight another day.

[@dongholiothesecond3324]

damn that bird likes good content and seed

[@HOLY_EDIT_EMPIRE]

Fun fact: michel ney the french marshal of the first french empire at napoleonic wars also charged without support to the british army under arthur wellesley and he was defeated too like the french knights at nicopolis, also both of them thought they won😂

[@0xhoky]

French after realizing they took the wrong move : "There's nothing we can do"

[@CommandoBG2838]

Average French selling the battle:

[@yusufaytac2087]

History video comments are underrated they better than actual video

[@PicsouRiche]

The battle takes place during the Hundred Years' War, although during a truce period. France finds a way to send 10,000 soldiers (the bulk of the Allied army in fact) to support the Holy Roman Empire in this battle. England was also supposed to send soldiers but they did not do so, they obviously preferred to surrender even before the start of hostilities.

[@45acpisdope]

based Germans (totally not biased) for defending the army while it was being cringe

[@arekusu.]

WE NEED THE SEQUEL!

[@theautumnfox9890]

Its allways the frenchs who have to fk it up like waltu in breaking bad

[@synth712]

They actually could win if they want to do king of hungary's plan instead

[@TTminh-wh8me]

You should do battle of Tốt Động - Chúc Động between 6000 vietnameses and 50 000 to 100 000 chineses lol.

[@phelinx623]

The crusaders really found out that why Bayezid was called the 'Thunderbolt'

[@AltaicGigachad]

The Turks were considered as the best warriors due to their horsemanship and skill in archery. Kaushik Roy., n.d. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships (Bloomsbury Studies in Military History). p.24. While there is much more than this to the Turks, it is true that Turks rank among history’s great empire-builders and rulers. Under the Ottomans they conquered vast territories in the Balkans and the Middle East and ruled for six hundred years. Turkey Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments pp.30 The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered. Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut p.44

[@ahmetkarl1229]

Is this the most outnationed and outfactioned battle in history?

[@user-rt5bj3pf9y]

i know what the real problem back in the day there weren't any discord so they couldnt coordinate each other from the group chat so they lost

[@izzatsufian2796]

Based Ottoman and European war

[@RenStrive]

Bayezid? Reminded me of Star-Embraced Swordsman

[@Sauronthegoodguy01834]

Bros don't bring down siege machines to a siege 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@AltaicGigachad]

THE TURKS AND THE WEST from 11 days. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."

[@akifaiman7388]

Skill based matchmaking be like